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- mooseLv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
the only one i found is a sheriff
We’re not trying to set up an armada,” Assistant Sheriff Carter Weaver said.
Despite that disclaimer, the Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office asked for and received approval last Tuesday to spend $192,000 on five new boats, refurbishing another and adding them to its already-existing four boats. Other items add $110,000 to the spending request, for a total of $302,000.
Georgetown County Council members approved Weaver’s request for Sheriff Lane Cribb to spend the money from the Sheriff’s Office fund balance of a little more than $500,000.
Funds are currently available and none of the items have a recurring cost associated with them, a statement from Cribb said.
“The purpose of the Sheriff’s request is to use the fund balance for law enforcement purposes,” Weaver said. “We waited until we learned that homeland security funding will be zero dollars for local law enforcement,” Weaver said.
No one made any mention of past budget battles where the Sheriff’s Office had a perennial shortfall and County Council had to add money to the law enforcement budget in other years.
The four jon boats, with 15 h.p. motors and trailers, will cost about $24,000.
Another $68,000 will be used to refurbish a 25-foot Boston Whaler boat and provide it with two new 200 h.p. motors.
Adding to the fleet will be a 27-foot marine patrol boat, motor, trailer and equipment for $80,000.
Along with the various watercraft, Weaver asked for $18,000 to buy two 4-wheelers and trailers for beach patrol purposes. There are already several ATVs in the department’s inventory.
Someone previously donated a motor home to the Sheriff’s Office, Weaver said. It’s in superb condition, but he estimates it will take $20,000 to make it into a mobile command post. That would apparently be the second mobile command post for the department.
To secure all of these items, Weaver included $30,000 for a metal building to be erected on the property behind the Sheriff’s Office on North Fraser Street at the old Bynum Center. The building would be approximately 60 by 40 feet by 14 feet high.
The Sheriff’s Office has about 8,000 items of evidence, and that inventory needs to be computerized. The inventory would also include existing desks, chairs, computers and other items. Weaver estimated the cost for an evidence control system at $10,000.
Another $16,000 would be used to purchase two computer servers.
When the Sheriff’s Office got its first Tazers in 2005, they were designed as a non-lethal means of subduing subjects. That has turned out to be the case, Weaver said. His budget request includes $20,000 to purchase 20 more Tazers. “Since their issuance, we have had zero officers injured and zero bad guys injured,” he said.
There’s also $10,000 in the request to fund the application process for the Commission on Accreditation of Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA).
Another $10,000 is in the supplemental budget item for training and enrichment.
“We have leadership issues and management issues,” Weaver said. “We put in the training (funding) to instill in our officers and deputies the importance of leadership, doing the right thing, and making good decisions
- 5 years ago
I only like Archer, Oliver and Tyler. I think a lot of them don't even sound like names (ie Timber, Ranger, Gardner) And some sound a lot more like dog names (ie Cooper, Skipper, Thatcher) Most of them, too, are common surnames (ie Baker, Potter, Slater, Turner) They're not the WORST names I've ever heard though.